How to Use jarring in a Sentence

jarring

adjective

• That was the most jarring aspect of the loss to the Dolphins.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
• The ending was jarring and shook me to my core, but don’t take my word for it.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• The feeling of all this, out in the world, was somewhat jarring at first.
  — Sloane Crosley, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2024
• But what comes after the lake scene is even more jarring.
  — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
• This abrupt change in mask guidelines has been a bit jarring.
  — Ellyn Laub, sun-sentinel.com, 3 June 2021
• Lost and found in a rhythm that was both jarring and beautiful.
  — Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2022
• The first-round knockout was a jarring return to the octagon.
  — Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 21 June 2025
• Each scene from the jarring clip shot in Kyiv, Ukraine, back in December 2021 is as bizarre as the next.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2024
• To ask what Bigelow does, exactly, to make these things seem so jarring is to miss the point.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
• But for some, the rigidity of the inners will be jarring.
  — Samson McDougall, Health, 4 Aug. 2023
• Which is one reason his abrupt death in 2021 was so jarring.
  — Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 28 May 2024
• Opt for dark, rich shades to avoid an overly jarring look.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2023
• But the first episode of this series is pretty jarring.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2024
• That doesn’t mean the news of Tucker’s release isn’t jarring.
  — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 6 May 2025
• Still to this day, seeing a sea of red robes walking in twos is jarring.
  — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
• Part of the reason these ads are so jarring is framing.
  — Mia Sato, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
• What was shocking in 2017 is no longer quite so jarring.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2022
• But at the high school entrance there is a jarring reminder.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
• Wake up to a warm light and chirping birds – a sweet escape from that jarring phone alarm.
  — Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2023
• The breakup was painful for me, and the pictures were a random and jarring intrusion, leaving me sad for the rest of the day.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• Those tactics are not new, Tong said, but can still be jarring.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 July 2024
• The dress, styled by Rembert, had a jarring moth image printed at the front.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 16 Nov. 2023
• Keep in Mind The smart feature speaks very loudly, which is jarring.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2024
• The Last Supper scene at the end of the second episode was really jarring.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2024
• Still, perhaps the most jarring moment of the scene comes when Joel mentions his dreams.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 19 Feb. 2023
• The cheapest ticket for that affair is set at $210, but that's not the most jarring thing about this game.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 28 Aug. 2023
• And implementation of those changes has occurred in jarring fits and starts.
  — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• But that speech and more recent efforts, including the mortgage rate push, were quickly drowned by the deluge of more jarring news.
  — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
• But more jarring than any of this is the lack of humanity that Schjerfbeck perceives in herself.
  — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
• In the context of this album, the quiet, soothing words are somehow jarring.
  — Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026